Ian McKellen thinks gay people are 'disregarded' in Hollywood

Sir Ian McKellen doesn't think black people are the only group ignored by Hollywood, and said gay people are also being "disregarded."

"As a representative of the industry they're in, it's receiving complaints which I fully sympathize with," the 76-year-old actor told Sky News in response to the #OscarsSoWhite backlash. "It's not only black people who've been disregarded by the film industry, it used to be women, it's certainly gay people to this day. And these are all legitimate complaints and the Oscars are the focus of those complaints, of course."

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has come under fire for the second year in a row after failing to nominate a single actor of color in any acting categories.